Island Morning
with Mitch & Matt

Kaboom, a therapy dog, passed away recently. Kaboom was loved by the children of Prince Street school and helped teach the kids patience, understanding, responsibility and compassion. Laura Chapin spoke with teacher Eileen Higginbotham and some students.

KaBoom, Eileen and the other school therapy dog, Kannon, won an Isle-award - given to people and groups helping to build a better community.

Kerry Campbell spoke with a 21 year old PEI woman about her addiction to prescription narcotics. The young woman credits a new drug therapy called Suboxone with helping to get her away from prescription pills. We've agreed to protect her identity.

The Government has passed a law giving it more power to monitor doctors, and report suspected over-prescribing of narcotics to authorities. Health Minister Doug Currie says PEI will develop a new long-term treatment program to help young people and adults deal with their addictions.

Have you had the "talk" with your kids, yet... you know the one about the Birds and the Bees? Our Collective Wisdom columnist Dave Atkinson will drop by with his Collective Wisdom column on talking to kids about sex.

Moonshine, stills, and smuggling rum... was all part of PEI's illegal bootlegging industry. For Englewood student Cameron Ralph, it's all in the family. His heritage project "Prohibition and moon-shining on PEI" made it to the provincial competition. CBC's Lindsay Carroll talked to him.

Senator Mike Duffy has resigned from the Conservative caucus and will sit as an Independent amid controversy over his living and travel expense claims. Island Morning spoke with political scientist Don Desserud.

Travel Gay Canada is on the Island to give hotel owners and managers some training on how to be more "gay friendly". Anne Marie Shrouder is a facilitator for Travel Gay Canada and joined Island Morning in the studio.

John te Raa says development of a new water source for the City of Charlottetown is taking too long. John lives along the Winter River watershed and doesn't like that the City of Charlottetown has almost 2 years to start abiding by PEI's new water-use laws.



Switching to low-flow shower heads can cut water-use by half and save thousands of dollars from a hotel's water bill. It's just one of the suggestions the City of Charlottetown floated to hotels in a recent water audit. Laura Chapin explains.

Last summer saw a couple of new urban gardens pop up in Charlottetown... with produce ripe for the picking. Karen Murchison was one of the volunteers behind the project, and leading a couple of workshops on urban gardening over the next few days. Matt Rainnie spoke with her about the experience - the successes and challenges, and we'll hear how the seed's being planted again for this summer.

For many people dealing with drug addiction, treatment often involves using methadone. An Island doctor says there's a better, safer treatment, but it's just too expensive for many people to afford. It's called Suboxone. Dr. Don Ling says the PEI government should step in and cover the cost of it.

PEI fishermen hauled traps yesterday for the first time in a week. Some say tying up their boats didn't accomplish what they'd hoped, as Island prices are approximately $3.00 dollars a pound. Gail Shea weighs in on the issue of PEI's low lobster prices.

The Egmont MP served as Fisheries Minister in the Harper government for almost three years and she comes from a fishing family. Gail Shea joined us on the phone from West Prince.